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The G-Man Writes Again

Former F.B.I. director James Comey on working for George W. Bush and Barack Obama; advice for the current director, Kash Patel; and the art of his second act: writing thrillers

Getting Lit

Literary salons are making a comeback in London, where live readings—complete with D.J.’s—are eclipsing nightclubs

Doing as the Romans Do

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a new boxed set of Jane Austen’s novels, an account of the fabled 1917 sighting of the Virgin Mary in Portugal, and a portrait of the Roman poet Horace

The Man Behind the Mustache

Ron Chernow discusses adapting his Hamilton biography into the hit musical, how to cure writer’s block, and the complicated, thrilling subject of his latest book: Mark Twain

Eighties Mania!

From the eruption of Mount Saint Helens to the rise of Madonna, Indira Gandhi’s assassination, and shoulder pads, two new books capture the bold, anarchic spirit of the decade

The Mean Girls Next Door

How Tina Fey turned a self-help manual for anxious mothers into the quintessential teen movie of the early aughts

Should Warhol Be Canned?

The People’s Mother

From McDonald’s to Disneyland, mums’ races, and school drop-offs, no aspect of Princess Diana’s identity was more heavily scrutinized than her role as a mother to William and Harry

Hail, Caesars!

The Writer and the Spy

How a journalist and a god-fearing F.B.I. agent partnered up to tell the true story of going undercover in America’s most dangerous neo-Nazi group

Frank Fournier’s New York

A portfolio of the French photographer’s 1970s Technicolor pictures hearkens back to a city steeped in danger, decay, and unbridled creative freedom

Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read

A new book and high-profile TV series paying tribute to Agatha Christie, and more

A Mobster’s Mensch

Ireland’s Literary Femme Fatale

The James Bond producer remembers Edna O’Brien, the pioneering writer whose books were once banned for their depictions of female sexuality

Died, Beheaded, Survived

The Last Renaissance Man

Ely Callaway went from running the Burlington textile company to founding ultra-successful wine and golf businesses—all while hiding a lifelong secret

Elephant Man

The secret history of the Asian elephants that Belgium’s Leopold II dispatched to Africa in service of his ruthless colonial vision

Shrink Rap

An Ode to the Humble Paperback

From Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Bright Lights, Big City to A Little Life, books that were better the next time around

Reality Check

From the French Proverbe to the English Experiment, a new coffee-table book surveys the avant-garde journals that paved the way for the 1920s’ Surrealist movement

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss 75 newly reissued editions of Georges Simenon’s detective novels, featuring the French inspector Jules Maigret

Churchill’s Angels

How a secret W.W. II–era British spy ring fought the Nazis from New York’s Rockefeller Center—and how a female agent almost lost her life in the process

Terroir Terror

A former sommelier at a four-star New York City restaurant recalls a harrowing sexual assault she experienced behind the scenes of the fine-dining world